The Life and Speeches of Hon. George Brown |
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... caused by the ill - advised insurrectionary movements of 1837-9 . These movements were brought about by a quarter of a century's misgovernment at the hands of a small but compact body of men , whose professed excessive loyalty to king ...
... caused by the ill - advised insurrectionary movements of 1837-9 . These movements were brought about by a quarter of a century's misgovernment at the hands of a small but compact body of men , whose professed excessive loyalty to king ...
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... cause . At this time the restrictions which surrounded the exercise of the franchise limited very much the political power of the people , and correspondingly increased that of the governing authority . Eccle- siastical questions ...
... cause . At this time the restrictions which surrounded the exercise of the franchise limited very much the political power of the people , and correspondingly increased that of the governing authority . Eccle- siastical questions ...
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... cause an open rupture with his ministers ) , made progress with measures of reform difficult , if not utterly impos- sible . There can be no doubt that at the time of Mr. Brown's visit to Canada , ministers must have had a taste of Sir ...
... cause an open rupture with his ministers ) , made progress with measures of reform difficult , if not utterly impos- sible . There can be no doubt that at the time of Mr. Brown's visit to Canada , ministers must have had a taste of Sir ...
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... cause of the offence . Mr. Brown conducted his case with great ability for a layman , and addressed the jury in a speech of great power . The jury acquitted him on the first count , but found him guilty on the second and third counts ...
... cause of the offence . Mr. Brown conducted his case with great ability for a layman , and addressed the jury in a speech of great power . The jury acquitted him on the first count , but found him guilty on the second and third counts ...
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... caused by unforeseen obstacles , and having faith in the men individually who composed the ministry . This defence , mild as it was , drew , not unreasonably , some censure on Mr. Brown from many reformers , who could not and would not ...
... caused by unforeseen obstacles , and having faith in the men individually who composed the ministry . This defence , mild as it was , drew , not unreasonably , some censure on Mr. Brown from many reformers , who could not and would not ...
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Page 184 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 79 - Since the dear hour that brought me to thy foot, And cut up all my follies by the root, I never trusted in an arm but thine, Nor hoped, but in thy righteousness divine...
Page 275 - Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality of races. This was an error. It was a sandy foundation, and the idea of a government built upon it ; when the ' storm came and the wind blew, it fell.
Page 19 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 153 - And, when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left, Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory, images and precious thoughts, That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.
Page 339 - In case of the death, absence, or incapacity of any Commissioner, or in the event of any Commissioner omitting or ceasing to act, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner hereinbefore provided for making the original appointment, the period of three months in case of such substitution being calculated from the date of the happening of the vacancy.
Page 339 - Inasmuch as it is asserted by the Government of Her Britannic Majesty that the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII. of this Treaty are of greater value than those accorded by Articles XIX. and XXI. of this Treaty to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, and this assertion is not admitted by the Government of the United States...
Page 275 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery—subordination to the superior race —is his natural and normal condition.
Page 178 - Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God ; he riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments, and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
Page 275 - African slavery as it exists among us — the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. Jefferson, in his forecast, had anticipated this, as the rock upon which the old Union would split.